tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4675015813173701099..comments2015-03-31T13:44:19.619-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Harold Pinter's dead... No, wait, he won the Nobel Prize."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53957389508036141982008-12-26T19:19:00.000-06:002008-12-26T19:19:00.000-06:00Harold Sphincter dead? Cancer of the esophagus? He...Harold Sphincter dead? Cancer of the esophagus? He truly had shit coming out of both ends.Hurley Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591383274318624757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42159778821526585482008-12-26T17:07:00.000-06:002008-12-26T17:07:00.000-06:00"A renowned and respected writer dies, and whether..."A renowned and respected writer dies, and whether you liked the man himself or even his work...because anyone who actually reads knows it's entirely subjective"<BR/><BR/>A real "intellectual" does not believe that art is "entirely subjective". And a real "intellectual", one who is well-read and well-traveled, knows that there is a great tradition of negative obituary in Pinter's country, and doesn't expect soft-headedly obsequious obsequies at the death of a controversial figure. Pinter didn't mince words (except in his dreadful writing) so why should we?<BR/><BR/>Or is this sudden delicate emotionalism you're displaying simply another desperate cudgel you're using to bash us "right-wingers"? Try harder, Gene.Palladianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27878442791400003382008-12-26T15:43:00.000-06:002008-12-26T15:43:00.000-06:00Micheal -- "This site is the ultimate gathering gr...Micheal -- <BR/><BR/>"This site is the ultimate gathering ground of uneducated, uninformed and thoroughly ignorant fools on the entire internet."<BR/><BR/>Pot -- Kettle <BR/><BR/>"Just look at 95% of the comments here:"<BR/><BR/>You're currently at over 20% of today's posts. Including this one. <BR/><BR/>"... and all you hear is drivel relating to him being un-American."<BR/><BR/>Not so. Several have called his work "boring", "overrated", "irritating", "no substance". <BR/><BR/>Me? I didn't care for his work all that much. Found it tedious to sit through.Oligonicellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17656818633822942314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72982082281793780312008-12-26T13:44:00.000-06:002008-12-26T13:44:00.000-06:00Talk about all style, downbeat style, and no subst...Talk about all style, downbeat style, and no substance -- that was Pinter.ricpichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5831439502487273582008-12-26T10:57:00.000-06:002008-12-26T10:57:00.000-06:00Just recently in a used bookstore I picked up a co...Just recently in a used bookstore I picked up a copy of Bernard Shaw's Autobiography. I read the section where he visited Russia and interviewed Stalin. He was as moist and starstruck as a teen age girl in the presence of Elvis....I can never reconcile how some artists can be so perceptive about the pains and dislocations of bourgeoise democracies and so blind to the vileness of the societies that oppose them....I have seen some of Pinter's movies. The only one I remember was Betrayal with Ben Kingsley. It was excellent. It was like watching a scorpion turn inward and sting himself to death....I get the sense that Pinter directed his considerable wit and intelligence outwards to attack America as an alternative to the infinite self loathing that came with introspection.....Pinter was an unhappiness machine. He would have been just as unhappy under Sharia law or Communism or Tibetan theocracy as he was under Margaret Thatcher. Only in a democratic state, however, would it have been possible for him to receive such honor and fame for celebrating his unhappiness.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87384669193486206382008-12-26T10:32:00.000-06:002008-12-26T10:32:00.000-06:00This site is the ultimate gathering ground of uned...This site is the ultimate gathering ground of uneducated, uninformed and thoroughly ignorant fools on the entire internet.<BR/><BR/>Just look at 95% of the comments here:<BR/><BR/>A renowned and respected writer dies, and whether you liked the man himself or even his work...because anyone who actually reads knows it's entirely subjective...and all you hear is drivel relating to him being un-American.<BR/><BR/>It's the same childish bullshit anyone who visits this site has heard for the past 8 years whenever anyone had the audacity to criticize Bush and Co.<BR/><BR/>It would be funny if it weren't so downright disgusting.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-884739438501897182008-12-26T07:23:00.000-06:002008-12-26T07:23:00.000-06:00Good ridance!Good ridance!Joaquinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498096020863312606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34631960434806136212008-12-26T03:26:00.000-06:002008-12-26T03:26:00.000-06:00Better than being "another boring American anti-in...<I>Better than being "another boring American anti-intellectual." This site is full of them.</I><BR/><BR/>I think I became anti-"intellectual" when membership in the intellectual club was granted to anyone willing to bash my country.<BR/><BR/>I don't usually speak ill of the dead, but in this case I'll make an exception. Pinter was slime.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10330712047609650184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85098481537534307122008-12-26T01:11:00.000-06:002008-12-26T01:11:00.000-06:00Americans are more anti-PSEUDOintellectual than an...Americans are more anti-PSEUDOintellectual than anti-intellectual, despising pretentious rubbish posing as art. Europeans, however, are notoriously susceptible to the chicanery of such frauds as Ezra Pound and Harold Pinter, attibuting merit where there is none, much as the Royal Academy judged a random plinth and stick to be a deliberate sculpture. Immerse yourself in Dickens, Bernard Shaw, and Stoppard; perhaps then your critical faculty will be sufficiently developed to distinguish quality English prose from the random keystrokes of a monkey like Pinter.Phaedrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10041722457492216477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34936665674972247472008-12-25T22:46:00.000-06:002008-12-25T22:46:00.000-06:00A bomb meant for Pinter instead killed "eminent ca...A bomb meant for Pinter instead killed "eminent cancer researcher Gordon Hamilton-Fairley (1930–1975)". A man who worked against one cancer died at the age of 45, depriving the world of his gifts decades too soon.<BR/><BR/>...meanwhile Pinter continued a long, pampered life raging against the civilization that ensured he needn't fear the ghetto, the gulag, or the death camp.<BR/><BR/>Pinter was right: there is no justice in the modern world!Jeff with one 'f'http://www.blogger.com/profile/05744612696537883583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80404575764665605292008-12-25T21:28:00.000-06:002008-12-25T21:28:00.000-06:00Good riddance to Harold Pinter. A miserable, loath...Good riddance to Harold Pinter. A miserable, loathsome person and an overrated, irritating writer. He deserved his Nobel almost as much as Algore did his.Palladianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67548763809690634082008-12-25T20:15:00.000-06:002008-12-25T20:15:00.000-06:00Christ on a fucking flaming krispy kreme - Michael...Christ on a fucking flaming krispy kreme - Michael, I thought you were banned from this site. Why do you keep coming back and laying your stink all over it? <BR/><BR/>Comments here are unreadable due to the troll Michael. Back under the bridge with you, you bizarre person.heywoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985493458800296163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28722041252518699372008-12-25T19:38:00.000-06:002008-12-25T19:38:00.000-06:00"For a site that is run by an attorney and frequen..."For a site that is run by an attorney and frequented by so many who fancy themselves as being intellectually inclined...most of the comments here about Mr. Pinter exemplify just how shallow and poorly educated so many of you are."<BR/><BR/>Actually, I think it's a site run by a law professor. An intellectual would understand the difference.Crimsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618292072861640747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15070272735866301522008-12-25T19:07:00.000-06:002008-12-25T19:07:00.000-06:00Steve - "Better than being "another boring America...Steve - "Better than being "another boring American anti-intellectual." This site is full of them."<BR/><BR/>Perfect examples: Crimso - Maguro - Cedarford...and of course, Chipper the "sniffer."<BR/><BR/>For a site that is run by an attorney and frequented by so many who fancy themselves as being intellectually inclined...most of the comments here about Mr. Pinter exemplify just how shallow and poorly educated so many of you are.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85429599668914891552008-12-25T18:02:00.000-06:002008-12-25T18:02:00.000-06:00"And yet another classless illiterate creep rears ..."And yet another classless illiterate creep rears his ugly head."<BR/><BR/>Odd. I thought your type were all in favor of a classless society. And to think that your means of achieving it is through the illiteracy of the sheeple...Crimsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618292072861640747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46600913610492875702008-12-25T17:23:00.000-06:002008-12-25T17:23:00.000-06:00"Another boring anti-American intellectual bites t..."Another boring anti-American intellectual bites the dust."<BR/><BR/>Better than being "another boring American anti-intellectual." This site is full of them.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09866016909136563293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24248120504871934542008-12-25T17:13:00.000-06:002008-12-25T17:13:00.000-06:00Santa, baby and Catwoman. Eartha's going to be mis...Santa, baby and Catwoman. Eartha's going to be missed.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34926754641127417662008-12-25T17:12:00.000-06:002008-12-25T17:12:00.000-06:00Eartha, too.Eartha, too.michael farrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10232229721381140090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88820530208934996012008-12-25T17:11:00.000-06:002008-12-25T17:11:00.000-06:00In other news, Earth Kitt just died.That makes me ...In other news, Earth Kitt just died.<BR/><BR/>That makes me very sad.<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1101766/Sultry-singer-dancer-Eartha-Kitt-dies-cancer-81.htmlmichael farrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10232229721381140090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47908620593143194432008-12-25T16:21:00.000-06:002008-12-25T16:21:00.000-06:00Pinter? Another enemy of America and the West is d...Pinter? Another enemy of America and the West is dead. I feel the same "sense of loss" (nothing)- I did hearing Saddam went to the gallows or when esteemed Man of Letters Erza Pound finally did the world a favor and died. <BR/><BR/>In the "Its a small small world!" category, Pinter shacked up with shiksa Lady Antonia Fraiser, about the finest piece of upper crust British trim there was at the time, in 1975. A month after an IRA bomb nearly blew her up and she reached an "inflection point" about her life, husband, and 6 kids:<BR/><BR/>Naturally, it involved Princess Caroline:<BR/><BR/><I>On 22 October 1975, Hugh and Antonia Fraser, together with Caroline Kennedy, who was visiting them at their Holland Park home, in Kensington, West London, were almost blown up by an IRA car bomb placed under the wheels of his Jaguar, which had been triggered to go off at 9am when he left the house with wife and guest. The bomb exploded prematurely when it was examined and inadvertently set off by the eminent cancer researcher Gordon Hamilton-Fairley (1930–1975), a neighbor of the Frasers, who had been walking his dog, noticed and inspected the device under the car, and died as a result of the blast..</I>Cedarfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14313123101367463022008-12-25T16:16:00.000-06:002008-12-25T16:16:00.000-06:00Allen - I don't believe in Christmas.I worship Bil...Allen - I don't believe in Christmas.<BR/><BR/>I worship Bill O'Reilly.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74454634107381463052008-12-25T16:15:00.000-06:002008-12-25T16:15:00.000-06:00Chip Ahoy - You love that sniffing thing, don't yo...Chip Ahoy - You love that sniffing thing, don't you?<BR/><BR/>Always up somebody's ass.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1930185780953985312008-12-25T15:34:00.000-06:002008-12-25T15:34:00.000-06:00Well, since Santa is all knowing, I don't think it...Well, since Santa is all knowing, I don't think it would be all that hard to figure out that Michael did't get an Christmas presents.<BR/><BR/>You've been a bad boy, Michael, and it has been duly noted.AllenShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30812813040784634202008-12-25T13:49:00.000-06:002008-12-25T13:49:00.000-06:00* opens door ** looks around, sniffs air ** slam !...* opens door *<BR/><BR/>* looks around, sniffs air *<BR/><BR/>* <I><B>slam !</B></I>Chip Ahoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70027784677021805782008-12-25T13:23:00.000-06:002008-12-25T13:23:00.000-06:00John, I have no idea what you're trying to say. It...John, I have no idea what you're trying to say. It makes no sense at all.<BR/><BR/>Think before you post.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and suck my dick.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.com